heidi05

im so glad, im off to lanzarote in the morning and its a 4 hour flight and back again 10 days later, i was so worried incase i cant eat when i get there i have packed some shakes just incase.

i am going on a 4 hour flight tomorrow and im wondering if it will effect my band at all and if so how will it effect it

hi what day are we using as weigh in day

hi count me in i would love to loose 15lb by mothers day i have been banded since 27th nov and lost 64lb so far so would love some motivation to keep me going thanks flo

hi i had my surgery on the 27th nov 09 and have had 3 fills so far, at my first fill yes i could eat anything, my first fill was 5ml/cc. i didnt feel any restriction untill i had my second fill of 1ml/cc which i had to have .15ml taken back out because fluids didnt go down, i went away with a really good restriction, for all of 2 weeks and my portions sizes jumped back up again. i now have my 3 rd fill of 1ml/cc which i went away and was in band hell for 16 days and lost 11lbs and felt ill for it, i had to go back in to have .5ml taken back out again. i know people who have had 7 fills and still not got to their sweet spot everyone is very different honey, but one thing i will say is you deffinatley need to keep to the letter of your diet plan, getting slippage because you thought you would see how far you could push it is not nice, constant throwing up and burping and some have alot of pain with it, which deffinately means you got to go back for surgery to have that removed and replaced or a whole new one fitted. you may have money to burn but think of the impact on your body, im not having a go im just concerned that your mind is not in the same place as your band right now, and if you want to succseed you need to get your head out normal mode and safely into band mode hun. if your diet plan says mushy then do mushy, if your diet plan says salad do salad but dont try and jump the gun you will deeply regret it. these diet plans are their for a reason and if you dont adhere to it your pushing your stoma too far and you will pay for the i "i wonder" eat regularly should be every 4 to 6 hours to be right, and dr5ink plenty of fluids as well, dehydration is not fun i know i went there, but please do yourself a favour and listen to your dietition and the sheets you been given.

Hi the only thing that helped me when i had that gas pain was moving around and walking about nothing too strenuous mind, as for the calf pain and cramps if your having some cerial or oatmeal in the mornings for Breakfast put some bananna on it as well for a couple of days, you really should be taking some good quality vitimins as well and some Calcium chews, i take them everyday and no longer get the cramps, plus they boost you up a bit while you are on a very low calorie intake. im sure your doctor will have told you this at surgery. the gas will pass, youll wake up one morning and realise it has gone, i did but keep taking the pain meds as prescibed dont wait for the pain to come on, and keep taking your gas meds your on they will help trust me. good luck in your journey.:thumbup:

MMM would be nice fora time to ring would like a chat craig my mobile number is 07526844714 i have tried to ring you today with no answer. thanks flo

people i think to be quite blunt this all need calming down, people are getting their backs up and putting others backs up in the process. ok so the original post was written with little after thought and to be quite sure that we can all be guilty of posts that we did think about the after consequenses. but obviously the person is in a very difficult situation, we all get them form time to time i know i do, you would not be human if once in your life you jumped into a situation that you thought was going to give you the well needed light at the end of the tunnel, she isnt the first and will deffinately not be the last believe me. but i think this thread has died a sorry death and needs to be left as it is. having a slanging match with everyone is not what this site is all about yes air your views, yes ask and give advice as far as your own personal knowledge will allow but come on to have an out right argument is not only futile but is demoralising for the person who started the thread in the first place. so can we all agree to let sleeping dogs lie and move on.

i have been on the scales today after not going on them for nearly a week and omg i have gained 4lb i am so down because of it, i have phoned my dietician and she said she thinks i need another fill so on wednesday im going for it i cant afford to start putting weight back on again,

i had my second fill on the 10th feb, since then my stomache feels really different, it like i can feel the tightness of the band, im on liquids at the moment and can move onto pured food this afternoon, but im scared to i have been eating soups and putting extra protein powder in and water i am loosing and have now after 11wks post op hit 50lb loss, but food is scaring me. i had a soup today with small and i mean small chunks of vegies init which went down with out any problems and soup is now filling me up. the soup tub is 600g and i had half of it with protein and water added. am i alone thinking this or does everyone have this. the weirdest part is the change to the way my stomache feels is this the restriction or is there something wrong. i have no pain just this feeling thats different.

imnot saying that i dont do excercise i do but i use the games on wii to burn calories and excecise games such as biggest looser usa to add tone and strengh back up again whilst still burning calories. we dont have to runa marathon every day to loose weight and get fit, i cant because of disabilities anyway. but i have gone back to work now after 2 years not being able to because of my disabilities caused by avery serious car accident i had in jan 2007, that will also help ok im not throwing 1 ton bags around all day im a receptionist in a busy hotel chain, but im moving around for 8 hours a day.

my hubby bought me a wii fit plus with some other games too i play those doesnt feel like excercise but 2 hours later an i burn 300 cals just playing boxing its awesome and i dont feel like it a chore it enjoyable, it works for.

hi i do agree with the excersie thing but if you think about it every movement you make weather it be getting dressed having a shower or playing cards withtthe kids, it is all movement which is excerciseing a part of your body, i have fibromyalgia so exstensive excersie is difficult but i am excersing everytime my body moves however small that may be.

just a thought but this feeling of being run down etc. are you taking a good strong vitimin with minerals and Calcium, it is very important that your body gets the things it needs most of all, i take a high strengh vit wityh mins and calcium every day if i dont after a few days i feel very run down and blah im 10 weeks out not and after taking these i feel great even if im not hungry which sometimes im not especailly in the am i still take them to keep me topped up, find a good quality chewable or one that can easily be chopped up so you can take it with getting stuck hope this helps flo xx

hi im 10wks out and totally understand where you are coming from i felt like that at first, but hey it gets better i promise the gas is normal some people feel it more than others, keep walking around it will go the more you move around the better give it another week it will pass being hubgry or not will not effect the gassy pains, keep to what you doc has told you and youll be fine, dont forget the pain killers they help big time.

You are a clear example of people living their belief system. You clearly don't believe it will work and wollah!! Guess what!!! It doesn't work. Try changing this belief and see the miracles it can bring into your life!!! It isn't as hard as it sounds. Everytime this belief pops into your head, replace it with "I can do this" Simple as that. Hugs!!! i have had the band for 10 weeks now and yes i have to work really hard, at the time of my surgery i was a wheelchair user and told because of that my chances of failure was higher because i was vertually unable to excerise, but 10 weeks later and only one fill al be it 5ml ina 10ml band i have lost weight by sure determination and sweat and pain. i am now 47lb lighter and not using my wheelchair at all in actual fact i start work tomorrow for the first time in years, because i got off my butt and thought very positively about my future and the band. i have an 18 year daughter who doesnt beleive she can make anything of her self, she decided to go in to the army again thinking that she couldnt pass the tests she had to go through i sat her infront of a mirror 5 times aday and made her tell herself not me or her dad "I CAN DO THIS" it took months to get her to do this but eventually she said it and kept saying, she went for her tests and passed her fitness was really dreadful, she started training with me and her dad pushing her she passed selection and i s now waiting for her enlistment date. i think you need to take your head out of the clouds and save up for the fills ok so $50 a month 5 months you got your fill money and you need to take a long hard look in a mirror at yourself, you had the op for a reason you didnt like what you saw in the mirror just like me. so what are you wainting for start telling yourself and get the people you love around you telling you "YOU CAN DO THIS" being able to or not able to is all in the mind and the mind is a very powerful tool good or bad to making you choose your choices in life and by retraining your mind you re train your thoughts too. i wish you every happiness and hope you can kick start you band life again soon flo xxx god bless

hi your body is still getting used to the band the breathing thing is that when you are operated on they pump gas so they can see the area they need to work on this gas collects under your diaphram which is under your boob area this causes pressure up wards, keep walking and moving around this will pass,. the more you move around the quicker it will pass. i had exactly the saem problem straight after surgery for a week or maybe a bit longer but it will pass. just keep taking small sips if the preasure feels bad, you dont want to get constipated on top of it.

hi im sorry to hear of your pain, i had this issue at first, the port is actually sewn to your muscle under the skin and fat layer on you tummy, so when you cough your muscle moves and becuase it not used to having anything sewn to it the area will have quite a bit of swelling there too, take some pain meds every 4 or 6 hours depending on what they have given you even if the pain is not too bad you need to keep them in your system at a the level you doctor has prescribed at least for the first week or so, dont be worried about it flipping and stuff it is not a common feature of the band it does happen but it is sewn in very securely. i fit is really bad i got a bandage and put it round the area of my port so that when i coughed i could hold that rea a bit tighter and it diod help so much. i really hope this gets easier for you. god bless flo

hi i am 10 weeks out on friday, i was so nervous i cried onthe way to theatre, when i cam round i had so much gas pain i thought what have i done, but day three was so different i thought i had dreamt it all,i was given disolvable pain killers which i was told to take every 4 hours which i did they helped so much, i have fibromyalgia so if ofund moving around so difficult as i wheelchair user, but i have lost 45lbs now and with that came more movement to the stage i dont use my hweelchiar now. my pain has dropped to nearly nothing now, im even walking round the shopping centre now slowly but im walking. fluids are the most important straight after surgery at least 2-3 litres a day to stay hydrated, constipation is not funny when you have had the band done. but so as your doc tells you and you will be just fine. good luck and keep us posted of how your doing, this site has a whealth of information from others in your same situation and everyone very happy to share with you, dont be scared of asking anything you will be amazed at the response you will get back. welcome to your new journey!!:thumbup:

hi i cant find you on that email address have you written it correct

i woulnt dream of putting anything on your wall your sectret safe with me hun and im sure no one else would dream of it either:thumbup:

thanks i have a few people on my fb now who are bandits too hope you start to make lasting friends floXXX

how about adding friends on face book to encvourage each other and make friends too mines fc.outhwaite@googlemail.com join in and make friends